Arctic air is coming to Corpus Christi. Here’s where you can stay warm.

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Arctic air is coming to Corpus Christi. Here’s where you can stay warm.

With another blast of arctic air looming on the horizon, Corpus Christi city officials are planning to open a series of warming centers — places where the public can find respite from the cold during the day — as well as a shelter for those who need a safe, and heated, place to stay.

Wind chill is expected to drop the “feel like” temperature to as low as the low 30s on Sunday, Monday and Wednesday, and the mid-20s on Tuesday, according to a forecast shared on social media by the local office of the National Weather Service late Thursday.

Highs are expected to range between the 40s and 50s on Sunday and Monday and 30s and 40s on Tuesday, according to the agency’s social media posts, with lows ranging from the 20s to 30s on Monday and Tuesday night.

A person runs past frozen, windswept palms in Cole Park in Corpus Christi on Dec. 23, 2022. City officials are opening warming centers and a shelter as an arctic front approaches.

There’s potential for precipitation overnight Monday into Tuesday, but there is also “considerable uncertainty,” the message showed.

Should there be precipitation, “freezing rain is the main threat, but sleet and snow remain possible,” according to an NWS graphic.

Those chances are about 29% of freezing rain amounting to at least 0.01 inch, and a 20% chance of snow of at least 0.1 inch, the forecast shows.

Where to warm up

The Corpus Christi Natatorium, 3202 Waldron Road, will serve as an overnight shelter and warming center beginning at 6 p.m. Sunday and continuing through late Wednesday morning, according to city officials.

Also planned is the operation of daytime warming centers Tuesday and Wednesday.

The Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority is offering no-cost rides to the city’s overnight shelter, as well as the warming centers, a city memo shows.

As of Friday, warming centers were set to be open at the following locations, according to officials.

Sunday

La Retama Central Library, 805 Comanche St.

Monday

Corpus Christi Natatorium, 3202 Waldron Road

Tuesday

Corpus Christi Natatorium, 3202 Waldron Road

Owen R. Hopkins Library, 3202 McKinzie Road — 361-826-2350

Ben F. McDonald Library, 4044 Greenwood Drive — 361-826-2356

Anita & W.T. Neyland Library, 1230 Carmel Parkway — 361-826-2370

Janet F. Harte Library, 2629 Waldron Road — 361-826-2310

Dr. Clotilde P. Garcia Library, 5930 Brockhampton St. — 361-826-2360

La Retama Central Library, 805 Comanche St. — 361-826-7000

Broadmoor Senior Center, 1651 Tarlton St. — 361-826-3138

Ethel Eyerly Senior Center, 654 Graham Road — 361-826-2330

Oveal Williams Senior Center, 1414 Martin Luther King Drive — 361-826-2305

Northwest Senior Center, 9725 Up River Road — 361-826-2320

Zavala Senior Center, 510 Osage St.

Greenwood Senior Center, 4040 Greenwood Drive — 361-826-1368

Garden Senior Center, 5325 Greely Drive — 361-826-2345

Wednesday

Corpus Christi Natatorium, 3202 Waldron Road

Owen R. Hopkins Library, 3202 McKinzie Road — 361-826-2350

Ben F. McDonald Library, 4044 Greenwood Drive —361-826-2356

Anita & W.T. Neyland Library, 1230 Carmel Parkway — 361-826-2370

Janet F. Harte Library, 2629 Waldron Road — 361-826-2310

Dr. Clotilde P. Garcia Library, 5930 Brockhampton St. — 361-826-2360

La Retama Central Library, 805 Comanche St. — 361-826-7000

Broadmoor Senior Center, 1651 Tarlton St. — 361-826-3138

Ethel Eyerly Senior Center, 654 Graham Road — 361-826-2330

Oveal Williams Senior Center, 1414 Martin Luther King Drive — 361-826-2305

Northwest Senior Center, 9725 Up River Road — 361-826-2320

Zavala Senior Center, 510 Osage St.

Greenwood Senior Center, 4040 Greenwood Drive — 361-826-1368

Garden Senior Center, 5325 Greely Drive — 361-826-2345

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This article originally appeared on Corpus Christi Caller Times: Arctic air is coming to Corpus Christi. Here’s where to stay warm.



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